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21Lesson 1, InDesign CS4 Essential Skills
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The lower-right corner of the frame contains an Out Port. This port currently displays
a red plus sign, indicating that there is more text in the story than  ts within the frame.
You can address overset text in a number of ways:
Delete text•
Reduce the size of the text•
Make the frame larger•
Link the text to another frame•
In this case, you will link the text to another frame.
The newly placed text on the
page is overset.
5 Using the Selection tool, click once on the red plus sign on lower-right corner of the
text frame. The cursor changes appearance to indicate that you are about to link the text
to a new location, and displays some of the text that will be linked. The next area you
click will be the continuation of the story, so be careful to only click where you want the
text to continue.
6 Move your cursor to the center of the middle column. Notice that the cursor changes
to show a linked chain. Click to link the  rst and second frames together. Now you will
link the second frame to the third frame.
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MD. United States:
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jjam.com January 05,
Tour de Phoenix.
Linking text from one frame to another.
7 Click the red plus sign on the lower-right corner of the second frame, then click inside
the frame located along the right side of the page. The frames in the second and third
columns are now linked together.
8 Choose File > Save to save your work.
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